The court rejected the appeals presented by prosecutors and the lawyers of the minor, according to the Spanish press yesterday.
The court’s resolution maintains that “neither the possible punishment imposed on him or his own personal circumstances…(prove that he) would risk being a fugitive from justice.” –[ed. Personal translation]
According to another report, the court acknowledged that Sergi Xavier Martin called the girl an “immigrant bitch” and “slut” yet that was insufficient to try him as a “xenophobe.”
Meanwhile, the Ecuadorian ambassador to
Below is a Spanish TV report on the attack:
Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, YouTube
Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo, El Comercio, El Universo
This is one sick fucker. Too bad the so-called 'socialist' government of Zapatero is too cowed by the rightwing Spanish oligarchy to fociferously attack this behavior.
ReplyDeleteThe Spanish 'socialists' are now part of modern US-lead fascism--albeit a junior partner in the imperial global terror network.
This punk that smacks the girl is merely a symptom of the disease that is well rooted in European and US culture.
I totally agreed with your comment on "the so called socialist goverment" But as a foreiger (Hispanic) that has lived in Europe (not in Spain but I have been in disgusting Barcelona as a tourist and felt the racism) I must tell you that incidents like these will not be tolerated in the US. I lived in NYC and altought racism is everywhere the authorities will never tolerate an act like that against a MINOR and with so MANY proofs.
ReplyDeleteBravo Spain....you suck! The US may not be perfect but if I have to choose I will choose the later.
what the hell is this??? men and what happen with that chicken-wuss sit in the train? men I don't know what make feel more anger, if this stupid bastard racist ot the coward that stay sit and do nothing, damn it!!! sorry for the expressions but this situation really fucking piss me off.
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